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1. Answer the questions.
a) What is the main purpose of a library?
b) How can a call number help you find a book you need?
c) Why are library sources of information considered credible?
2. Match the sources of information with the appropriate tips. Discuss which key words helped you to do the task.
Sources:
| 1 a magazine | 5 a journal |
| 2.a book D | 6 a newspaper |
| 3 an encyclopedia | 7 the Web |
| 4 a catalogue | 8 an article index |
Tips:
(A)
to find current information about international, national and local events
to find editorials, commentaries, expert or popular opinions
(B)
to find information or opinions about popular culture
to find up-to-date information about current events
to find general articles written for people who are not necessarily specialists in the topic area
(C)
when doing scholarly research
to find out what has been studied on your topic
to find bibliographies that point to other relevant research
(D)
when looking for a lot of information on a topic
to put your topic in context with other important issues
to find historical information
to find summaries of research to support an argument
(E)
to find current information
to link to information provided by the library over the Internet
to find information about companies
to find information from all levels of government - federal to local
to find both expert and popular opinions
(F)
when looking for background information on a topic
when trying to find key ideas, important dates or concepts
(G)
when you want to find articles on your topic in magazines, journals or newspapers
(H)
to find out sources of information the library owns on your topic
to find where a specific item is located in the library
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Go online. Subscribe to any free magazine or journal. Report back the results of the subscription. Give reasons for your choice of the periodical.
| Listening |
1. You are going to listen to a librarian explaining students the difference between various types of periodicals. Listen to the lecture and complete the chart.
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Discuss
Ø What new information have you got from the lecture on periodicals?
Ø How can you apply this new information to your studies and life in general?
Ø Do you think you need any additional information about library sources?
Focus on language
1. Read these sentences. Do they have active or passive verbs?
§ Magazines and journals are called periodicals because they are published on a regular or "periodic" basis.
§ Libraries are able to purchase one copy which can be shared by many people.
§ The articles in this type of periodicals may be written by a member of the editorial staff, a scholar or a freelance writer, not a subject expert.
| Passive Structures Passive verbs are common when we are thinking about what is done to the person or thing that we are interested in, not about what he/she/it does. § Passives are best in formal style. Actives are more informal. e.g.: English is widely-spoken all over the world. § The Passive structures are formed with the verb to be, in the correct tense, and the past participle of the main verb. § Use by… only if it is necessary to say who does/did the action. |
2. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
a) Librarians select books, magazines, journals, databases, and Web sites.
b) The library collects sources considered reliable, historically relevant, and
valuable.
c) Magazines publish articles on topics of popular interest and current events.
d) They are studying chemical and biochemical phenomena that occur in natural processes.
e) Who are they going to invite for the ceremony?
f) Scientists have studied a great number of harmful effects of modern civilization on the environment.
g) You can find a lot of useful information about our university and the degree
courses in this prospectus.
h) My tutor advised me to read this book from cover to cover.
| Speaking |
1. Look at the abstract of the article and answer the questions below.
“DESINING A KNOWLEDGE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ARITHMETIC CONCEPTS”
Abstract – A knowledge-based learning environment, called ENIGMA, has been developed. This system is centred on an arithmetic game and is intended at being used in teaching arithmetic in primary /secondary school level (pupils from 9 to 12). The underlying pedagogical choices of the system are analysed and the corresponding technical solutions which have been adopted are illustrated.
a) What kind of information about the article is presented?
b) How long is it?
c) Does it follow any pattern?
d) What grammar tenses and voice are used?
e) What is the purpose of an abstract?
| Study help Abstract is a brief summary of a journal article or other library resource that classifies, evaluates, or describes the important points of the content Abstracts can save you time by helping you identify the best articles on your topic. |
f) Who would be interested in this article?
g) How often do you read abstracts? Do you find them helpful?
h) In what other cases are abstracts often used?
i) How can readers benefit from reading an abstract?
| Writing |
Search the Internet or popular science magazines to find an interesting article. Write an abstract to the article using the clichés from the Functional language box.
| Functional language: Abstract writing | ||
| The article | was written by … | |
| was presented at … | ||
| was published in … | ||
| comes from … | ||
| reports on … | ||
| discusses … | ||
| The author | describes … | |
| The article | informs on/about … | |
| considers the problem of … | ||
| The information presented in the … | is very interesting because … | |
| The problem | is widely-discussed in the press because … | |
| is the most up-to-date/urgent as it … | ||
| is/can be recommended | to a wide range of readers. | |
| The article | ||
| to specialists in …. |
With a partner exchange and check each other’s abstracts.
| In the Realm of Science |
1. Some letters of the Greek alphabet are widely used in many natural sciences especially in mathematics. Learn how to read some of them.
| Capital and small | Name | English equivalent | Russian |
| A α | a [′ælfə] | a | альфа |
| B β | beta [′bi:tə]/[′beitə] | b | бета |
| Γ γ | gamma [′gæmə] | g | гамма |
| Δ δ | delta [′deltə] | d | дельта |
| Λ λ | lambda [′læmbdə] | l | лямбда |
| Μ μ | mu [′mju] | m | ми/мю |
| Ξ ξ | xi [′ksai] | n | кси |
| Π π | pi [′pai] | p | пи |
| Σ σ | sigma [′sigmə] | s | сигма |
| Ώ ω | omega [′oυmigə] | o | омега |
What other letters from the Greek alphabet are used in your subject area?
2. Many English words and word parts can be traced back to the Greek language. The table below lists some common Greek roots.
| Greek root | Basic meaning | Example words |
| -anthrop- | human | misanthrope, philanthropy, anthropomorphic |
| -chron- | time | anachronism, chronic, chronicle, synchronize, chronometer |
| -dem- | people | democracy, demography, demagogue, endemic, pandemic |
| -morph- | form | amorphous, metamorphic, morphology |
| -path- | feeling, suffering | empathy, sympathy, apathy, apathetic, psychopathic |
| -pedo-, -ped- | child, children | pediatrician, pedagogue |
| -philo-, -phil- | having a strong affinity or love for | philanthropy, philharmonic, philosophy |
| -phon- | sound | polyphonic, cacophony, phonetics |
Unit 2 Progress Monitoring
In this unit you have worked on the following vocabulary related to the topic
“Information search”
Tick (V) the points you are confident about and cross (X) the ones you need to revise. |
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